Rossi the moaner!

[cowpoos]

My TAB money still isnt lost on Lorenzo, but its lookin a little shakey......

TAB running odds this year?? I havn't been able to find them??

link please

[NZsarge]

Yes, because the other Ducati's were at the pointy end of the grid too. Oh no, that's right, they weren't. Stoner was the only rider capable of making that thing work, most people (myself included) acknowledge that. But no one else has the same level of success on it, Rossi included. Is Stoner therefore a better rider than Rossi? On the Ducati, yes. On every other bike, who knows. Lets see how many World Championships he wins. I've got a feeling there is a few to come.

Any rider on the MotoGP grid is a riding god, period. No one on this forum currently could hope to match them. Anyone who can win a MotoGP race is something else again. String enough together with some consistency (or just consistent results) and you'll take a championship, elevating you to an even higher level. 7 championships at the premier level, to me at least, elevates you to a position where your ability is beyond doubt. But every star soon fades away.

Finally someone who can look at this for what it is (and express it properly) Nice! Although I don't think Rossi's light has petered out just yet...

his old man would've opened a shitload of doors for him. Still...they would've shut pretty quick if he wasn't as good as he is!!!

Exactly, if he wasn't as good as he is he wouldn't have got very far at all.

I think it's Stoner's to lose now.

Yeah it's his to lose for sure...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeah it's his to lose for sure...

Still, I doubt Lorenzo is gonna lie down and make life easy for him. I just hope that next year, going back to the thous, it brings Rossi back to the front, with Hayden and others too. Fingers crossed.

[NZsarge]

Still, I doubt Lorenzo is gonna lie down and make life easy for him. I just hope that next year, going back to the thous, it brings Rossi back to the front, with Hayden and others too. Fingers crossed.

Yeah i'm looking forward to the thou's too. Judging (in my armchair capacity) by the looks of the GP11.1 i'm not too sure if the GP12 will be as competitive (chassis wise anyway) as Rossi and Hayden would like it to be. I also think Yamaha should also nick back those engineers that Honda pinched off them last year, the Honda suspiciously got more competitive a wee while after they arrived there..
Meh, I guess we'll have to wait until the flag drops on the first race next season to see how that pans out, I too would like to see all the bikes more evenly competitive but not to the point of going all Moto 2 on it!

[Crasherfromwayback]

I think with all the extra power and torque they'll have..they'll ride them differently. Might be a bit of an issue for Lorenzo at first? But he's that fucken good...probably not!

[FROSTY:Me]

hey guys whats happening with the lap times? al the stories about fast or slow could just be that the duck hasn't got faster where the other bikes have

[Shaun]

hey guys whats happening with the lap times? al the stories about fast or slow could just be that the duck hasn't got faster where the other bikes have

Pete will be along to correct you factualy soon

[Metastable]

Now honestly, Stoner can be a bit of a whiny little B!atch. However I do love it when he wins and rubs Dorna's golden children the wrong way.

BTW IMO (which isn't really important) Capirossi never won that 250 title....Harada did. They talk about Simoncelli (sp?) needing penalties.... Capirossi used Harada as a barrier to stay on the track, on the last lap or the last race. Plus not to mention that he took out 1/2 the field at Motegi the year after Hopkins did the same thing on the same corner of the same lap and Hopper was suspended for a race and Capirossi .... he got nothing.

Dora Golden Boys:
- Capirossi
- Pedro
- Lorenzo
- Rossi

Although they can all ride the tits off a bike and I have nothing personal against any of them.... I like to see some non-euros kick their ass. BTW, I do like Rossi as a rider, but if he doesn't show up at Motegi.... he'll be pussy #1..... ok maybe #2 behind Pedrassimo... you know that little Honda robot.

[Metastable]

hey guys whats happening with the lap times? al the stories about fast or slow could just be that the duck hasn't got faster where the other bikes have

I can't remember where I read it, but there was some article saying Hayden was WAY slower this year than he was last year at Laguna (full race time) .... mind you it looked like Rossi was holding Hayden up the entire race.

[merv]

Well if it wasn't for your moaner knocking Casey off early in the year the points would be even more in his favour.

Casey has less to moan about too now that he is being looked after by the "World's Greatest Engine Maker" http://superbikeplanet.com/2011/Aug/110817engines.htm

[onearmedbandit]

BTW, I do like Rossi as a rider, but if he doesn't show up at Montegi.... he'll be pussy #1..... ok maybe #2 behind Pedrassimo... you know that little Honda robot.

Huh? I thought it was Stoner and Lorenzo pushing for the race in Japan to be canned. I read that all the riders agreed formally, but nothing about Rossi pushing for it. Happy to be proved wrong however.

[rachprice]

Huh? I thought it was Stoner and Lorenzo pushing for the race in Japan to be canned. I read that all the riders agreed formally, but nothing about Rossi pushing for it. Happy to be proved wrong however.

Nah he isn't keen
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Aug/110815c.htm

[onearmedbandit]

Nah he isn't keen
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Aug/110815c.htm

Well that's pretty silly of him.

[FROSTY:Me]

WOA THERE YOU LOT.-- how many of you know EXACTLY where the track in Japan is located?
Fukashuma presents a real and ever present danger.Ignoring the simple risk from a bloody big explosion.
Actually I'll rephrase that.-- How many of you WOULD go spend a week or more in the shadow of Chernoble before it was capped off?

[Crasherfromwayback]

Pete will be along to correct you factualy soon

Nah...I generally only correct/abuse people when they're talking utter shit.

Well that's pretty silly of him.

Here's a thought. Whilst I reckon they should go and race there...what if they got a 6.8 tremor like they did on Fri while the race was on? Could make turn one look like Moto 2!!!